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Suicidal Ideation Among International Students

The Role of Cultural, Academic, and Interpersonal Factors

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ID8913593
AuthorsAndrés E Pérez‐Rojas (0000-0003-0803-8954, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA, corresponding author), Na‐Yeun Choi (0000-0003-0234-8409, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA), Minji Yang (0000-0002-2573-1569, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USA), T T Bartholomew (0000-0002-1979-5689, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, USA), Giovanna Monique Perez (New Mexico State University)
Year2021
Volume49
Issue5
Pages673-700
Publication date2021-05-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Counseling Psychologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-0000 • E-ISSN: 1552-3861
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00110000211002458
OpenAlexW3162793855
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited46

We examined two structural equation models of international students’ suicidal ideation using data from 595 international students in two public universities in the United States. The models represented competing hypotheses about the relationships among discrimination, cross-cultural loss, academic distress, thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, and suicidal ideation. The findings indicated there were direct, positive links between discrimination, cross-cultural loss, and academic distress to perceived burdensomeness; a direct, positive link between perceived burdensomeness and suicidal ideation; and indirect, positive links between discrimination, cross-cultural loss, and academic distress to suicidal ideation via perceived burdensomeness. The only predictors that related to thwarted belongingness were cross-cultural loss and academic distress, and there were no indirect links to suicidal ideation via thwarted belongingness. In fact, with all other variables in the model, thwarted belongingness was unrelated to suicidal ideation. Finally, academic distress was directly related to suicidal ideation. We discuss implications of the findings

Belongingness · Distress · Ideation · Interpersonal communication · Medical emergency · Poison control · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Insect and Pesticide Research · Medicine · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

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